Abkhazia

Sukhumi's Monkeys Are Tough Nuts to Crack

The descendants of the first monkeys in space are attempting to adapt to Abkhazia's harsh economic climate

1 Dec 00

Three escaped prisoners are apprehended after a sensational jailbreak which has sparked a purge of Georgia's law enforcement agencies

3 Nov 00

Cherkess and Abazin politicians are ostracised for accepting posts in the Karachai government

8 Sep 00

Disturbing new facts have emerged over the shooting of a renegade army officer who once plotted to overthrow the Georgian government

26 Jul 00

Fears are growing that a group of UN observers and charity workers may have fallen into the hands of Abkhazian separatist gunmen.

2 Jun 00

Lacking natural resources and political stability, Abkhazia's hard-won independence has doomed its people to a life of grinding poverty.

20 Apr 00

A shady political deal may have helped secure Eduard Shevardnadze's overwhelming presidential election victory

14 Apr 00

Georgia's political heavyweights are set to cross swords in the wake of Shevardnadze's expected election victory

11 Feb 00

Georgian refugees find themselves cold-shouldered and marooned in a demoralising exile.

10 Feb 00

Inhabitants of the only remaining Georgian enclave in Abkhazia feel they are living on borrowed time.

4 Feb 00

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